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Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Rifle looking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez, came to town Friday to deliver her “constitutional conservatism” message to about 40...

Medicare is financially penalizing Mercy Regional Medical Center for high rates of health problems associated with hospital care, such as infections occurring after surgery. The hospital was...

The Cortez Public Library hasn’t hosted a major fundraiser since the Library Libations wine tastings ceased several years ago, and it hasn’t updated the children’s section equipment in over 20...

U.S. Highway 550 at Red Mountain Pass was forced to close Friday morning because of avalanche danger, and though crews were able to get the road open by the afternoon, winter storms aren’t done...

The push for oil and gas development on Western public lands picked up momentum Thursday despite opposition from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Colorado conservation organizations and Colorado...

MANCOS – Farmers who have struggled for years with falling commodity prices might have some advice for the wave of newbies who jumped into hemp as the next big thing: Grow up. Hemp biomass prices...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, tasked with protecting critical species and their habitat, is supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to weaken laws that protect migratory birds, said an...

An affordable housing project at the old Calkins Building is moving forward, now that it’s been approved to receive state funding. The Housing Authority of the County of Montezuma plans to turn the...

DOVE CREEK – Planting cover crops instead of fallowing fields may boost soil health, but farmers shouldn’t expect their efforts to work immediately. Cover crops also increase costs. That was the...

The Colorado Department of Education recently released graduation and dropout data from the 2018-19 school year, and rates exceeded the state average at Montezuma-Cortez High School and in the...

Mounted patrol horse Deputy Charley of the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, has died from illness, said Sheriff Steve Nowlin. Charley had been sick for several months, Nowlin said, and was being...